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1 Opet mi dođe reč Gospodnja govoreći:

2 Sine čovečji, usred doma odmetničkog sediš, koji ima oči da vidi i ne vidi, ima uši da čuje i ne čuje; jer su dom odmetnički.

3 Zato ti, sine čovečji, spremi šta treba za seobu, i seli se obdan na njihove oči; i iseli se iz svog mesta na drugo mesto na njihove oči, ne bi li videli, jer su dom odmetnički.

4 I iznesi stvari svoje kao kad se ko seli obdan na njihove oči, a sam iziđi uveče na njihove oči kao oni koji se sele.

5 Na njihove oči prokopaj zid i iznesi svoje stvari.

6 Na njihove oči digni na ramena i iznesi po mraku, lice svoje pokrij da ne vidiš zemlje, jer te dadoh da budeš znak u domu Izrailjevom.

7 I učinih tako kako mi se zapovedi; stvari svoje iznesoh obdan kao kad se seli; a uveče prokopah zid rukom; i po mraku iznesoh na ramenima noseći na njihove oči.

8 A u jutru dođe mi reč Gospodnja govoreći:

9 Sine čovečji, reče li ti dom Izrailjev, dom odmetnički: Šta radiš?

10 Reci im: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Ovo je breme za kneza, koji je u Jerusalimu, i za sav dom Izrailjev što je onde.

11 Reci: Ja sam vam znak, kako ja učinih tako će im biti; preseliće se i otići u ropstvo.

12 I knez koji je među njima noseći na ramenima po mraku će izaći; oni će prokopati zid da iznesu, on će pokriti lice svoje da ne vidi zemlje očima.

13 Ali ću mu razapeti mrežu svoju i uhvatiće se u zamku moju, i odvešću ga u Vavilon, u zemlju haldejsku, ali je neće videti, a onde će umreti.

14 I sve koji su oko njega, pomoćnike njegove, i svu vojsku njegovu, rasejaću u sve vetrove, i izvući ću mač za njima.

15 I poznaće da sam ja Gospod, kad ih rasejem po narodima, i razaspem po zemljama.

16 A ostaviću ih nekoliko ljudi koji će ostati od mača i od gladi i od pomora da pripovedaju sve gadove svoje među narodima u koje otidu; i poznaće da sam ja Gospod.

17 Opet mi dođe reč Gospodnja govoreći:

18 Sine čovečji, hleb svoj jedi prezajući i vodu svoju pij drhćući i brinući se.

19 I reci narodu zemaljskom: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod za stanovnike jerusalimske, za zemlju Izrailjevu: hleb će svoj jesti u brizi i vodu će svoju piti prepadajući se, jer će zemlja opusteti i ostati bez svega što je u njoj za bezakonje svih koji žive u njoj.

20 I gradovi u kojima žive opusteće, i zemlja će biti pusta, i poznaćete da sam ja Gospod.

21 Opet mi dođe reč Gospodnja govoreći:

22 Sine čovečji, kakva je to priča u vas o zemlji Izrailjevoj što govorite: Protežu se dani, i od utvare neće biti ništa?

23 Zato im reci: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Ukinuću tu priču i neću je više govoriti u Izrailju; nego im reci: Blizu su dani i reč svake utvare.

24 Jer neće više biti u domu Izrailjevom zaludne utvare ni gatanja kojim se laska.

25 Jer ću ja, Gospod, govoriti i šta kažem zbiće se; neće se više odgađati, nego za vašeg vremena, dome odmetnički, reći ću reč i izvršiću je, govori Gospod Gospod.

26 Opet mi dođe reč Gospodnja govoreći:

27 Sine čovečji, gle, dom Izrailjev govori: Utvara koju taj vidi, do nje ima mnogo vremena, i za daleko vreme taj prorokuje.

28 Zato im reci: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Neće se više odgađati ni jedna moja reč; reč koju kažem zbiće se, govori Gospod Gospod.

   

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8408. 'When we sat by a pot of flesh' means a life according to their own pleasure, and such as they craved for. This is clear from the meaning of 'a pot' as a container of good, and in the contrary sense a container of evil, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'flesh' as the heavenly proprium, thus good, and in the contrary sense as the proprium that is man's own, thus evil, also dealt with below. 1 And since 'flesh' means the proprium, 'sitting by a pot of flesh' means a life according to one's own pleasure, and such as one craves for; for that is the life of the proprium. The reason why 'a pot' means a container of good, and in the contrary sense a container of evil, is that 'the flesh' cooked in it means good and in the contrary sense evil. And having these meanings 'a pot' also means the bodily level or the natural level of the human mind, since these are containers of good or of evil. This being so, it is used in a general sense to mean a person, and in an even more general sense to mean a people or a city; and when 'a pot' is used to mean these, 'flesh' means the good or the evil that is in them, as in Ezekiel,

... the men who think iniquity and give wicked counsel in this city, saying, [The time] is not near; [the city] itself is the pot, we are the flesh. Therefore thus said the Lord Jehovih, Your slain whom you have placed in the midst of it, 2 they are the flesh, but it is the pot. Ezekiel 11:2-3, 7.

Here 'the pot' stands for the city or the people there, and 'the flesh' for evil, since 'the slain', who are called 'the flesh', are those among whom goodness and truth have been wiped out, 4503.

[2] In the same prophet,

Tell a parable against the house of rebellion, and say to them, Thus said the Lord Jehovih, Put on the pot, put it on, and also pour [water into it gather] the pieces into it - every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder. Fill it with the choice of the bones. The Lord Jehovih said, Woe to the city of blood, 3 to the pot whose scum is in it, and whose scum has not gone out of it! Ezekiel 24:3-6.

Here 'the pot' stands for the city or the people there, among whom there exists the evil that results when good is profaned. The good or flesh there is 'the thigh and the shoulder'; the evil is 'the scum' coming from it, and good when profaned is the scum remaining, which also accounts for the city's being called 'the city of blood'.

[3] In Jeremiah,

Jehovah said to Jeremiah, What do you see? I said, A puffed out pot do I see, its face towards the north. Then Jehovah said, From the north evil will be opened over all the inhabitants of the land. Jeremiah 1:11-14.

'A puffed-out pot' stands for a people whom falsities have taken possession of, and 'the north' for the sensory and bodily levels of the human mind, from which evil pours out. The subject here is the end of the Church, when what belongs to the external and therefore to sensory and bodily levels, together with falsity and evil, has dominion; for the Lord's Church moves in a series of stages from what is internal to what is external, at which point it breathes its last.

[4] In Zechariah,

On that day there will be on the horses' bells, Holiness to Jehovah. And the pots in the house of Jehovah will be as the bowls before the altar. And every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holiness to Jehovah Zebaoth; and all offering sacrifice will come, and take from them, and cook in them. Zechariah 14:20-21.

The subject here is the salvation of faithful believers, faithful believers being 'the pots', which they are called because they receive good from the Lord; and because they receive that good every 'pot' is said to be 'holiness to Jehovah'. 'The bells of the horses, with Holiness on them' are truths in agreement with good. Since 'pots' are recipients and containers of good, they like all the other vessels for the altar were made of bronze, Exodus 38:3; for 'bronze' means the good of the natural, 425, 1551.

[5] In addition to this 'the pot' may mean religious teachings because these hold the Church's good and truth within them. Such teachings are meant by 'the pot' in which at Elisha's command a soup was boiled for the sons of the prophets, described as follows in the second Book of Kings,

Elisha came again to Gilgal, when there was a famine in the land. When the sons of the prophets were sitting before him he said to his servant, Put on a great pot, and boil a soup for the sons of the prophets. One of them went out into the field to gather herbs and found a wild vine, and gathered from it wild gourds, and cut them up into the pot of soup. While they were eating of the soup they cried out, There is death in the pot, O man of God! But he said that they should bring flour, which he threw into the pot, and said, Pour out for the people and let them eat. Then there was not anything bad in the pot. 2 Kings 4:38-41.

It should be recognized that all Divine miracles have to do with things connected with the Lord's kingdom and the Church, 7337, 8364, and that 'Elisha' represents the Word of the Lord, 2762, and 'prophets' teachings derived from it, 2534, 7269. From this one may see what thing connected with the Church was represented by this miracle, which was that if the Church's good has been falsified it is made good again by means of truth from the Word. 'A famine' is a lack of cognitions or knowledge of truth and good; 'the pot' is religious teachings; 'soup' is the good of the Jewish Church's outward religious observances; 'gourds from a wild vine' is falsification; and 'flour' is truth from the Word, 2177, used to make good again that which has been falsified, meant by 'death in the pot'. The reason why 'pots' means containers of good is that they were included among the utensils in which food was prepared, and 'food', every kind of it, means such things as nourish the soul, that is, affections for good and truth, 681, 1480, 3114, 4792, 5147, 5293, 5340, 5342, 5576, 5410, 5915.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary describes proprium as A distinctive characteristic; the essential nature, selfhood. It is a Latin word meaning 'one's own (thing)'. Swedenborg uses it in the specialized sense of 'what is of the self.'

2. i.e. the city

3. literally, bloods

  
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Ezekiel 24:3-6

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3 Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Set on the caldron, set it on, and also pour water into it:

4 gather its pieces into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

5 Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile [of wood] for the bones under [the caldron]; make it boil well; yes, let its bones be boiled in its midst.

6 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the bloody city, to the caldron whose rust is therein, and whose rust is not gone out of it! take out of it piece after piece; No lot is fallen on it.